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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Abhimanyu Acharya<br />
| image = <br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1994|9|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Surendranagar Dudhrej|Surendranagar]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = {{flatlist|<br />
* Short story writer<br />
* playwright<br />
}}<br />
| language = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad]]<br />
| notableworks = ''Padchhayao Vacche'' (2018)<br />
| awards = [[Yuva Puraskar]] (2020)<br />
}}<br />
'''Abhimanyu Acharya''' (born 24 September 1994) is an Indian short story writer and playwright from [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. He received the 2020 [[Yuva Puraskar]] for his short story collection ''Padchhayao Vacche'' ("''Between the Shadows''").<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Abhimanyu Acharya was born on 24 September 1994 in [[Surendranagar Dudhrej|Surendranagar]], Gujarat, India. In 2010, he moved to [[Ahmedabad]] where he completed his schooling from [[St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad|St. Xavier's High School]], and graduated from [[St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad|St. Xavier's College]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Gujarati Navlekhan Vartao (Anthology of Gujarati short stories)|editor-last=Joshi|editor-first=Yogesh|editor-link=Yogesh Joshi (poet)|publisher=National Book Trust of India|year=2016|isbn=978-81-237-7790-0|location=New Delhi|page=135|language=gu}}</ref> At present, he is pursuing his Ph.D. at the [[University of Western Ontario]], Canada in Comparative literature.<ref name="The Theatre Times 2022">{{cite web |title=Abhimanyu Acharya, Author at The Theatre Times|website=The Theatre Times|url=https://thetheatretimes.com/author/a-acharya/|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Kothari 2021">{{cite book |last=Kothari|first=Rita|author-link=Rita Kothari|title=The Greatest Gujarati Stories Ever Told|year=2022|publisher=Aleph Book Company|location=New Delhi|page=226|isbn=978-93-91047-48-1}}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
Acharya's first short story was published in the Gujarati magazine ''[[Navneet Samarpan]]'' in 2009. His short story collection, ''Padchhayao Vacche'' ("''Between the Shadows''"), was published by Rangdwar Publication in 2018.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Chitralekha (weekly)|Chitralekha]]|date=27 September 2021|title=Gujarat Diary|page=24}}</ref><br />
His stories deal with themes of love and sexuality, and often combines traditional storytelling with formal experimentation and lyricism.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Naik|first=Ila|editor1-last=Vora|editor1-first=Kamal|editor1-link=Kamal Vora|editor2-last=Mehta|editor2-first=Naushil|date=July–September 2014|title=Rachanakala No Jadu|script-title=gu:રચનાકલાનો જાદુ|trans-title=The Magic of Narrative Art|magazine=Etad|location=Mumbai|publisher=Kshitij Sanshodhan Prakashan Kendra|pages=72–74|issn=2350-0689}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|editor-last=Chauhan|editor-first=Ajaysinh|editor-link=Ajaysinh Chauhan|last=Purohit|first=Vipul|title=Book Review: Padchhayao Vacche|magazine=[[Shabdasrishti]]|date=September 2019|pages=89–93|issn=2319-3220|language=gu}}</ref> In 2022, his short story "''Chunni''" appeared in ''The Greatest Gujarati Stories Ever Told'', edited by [[Rita Kothari]].<ref name="Hindustan Times 2022">{{cite news|title=HT Picks; New Reads|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=29 January 2022|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/ht-picks-new-reads-101643450049119.html|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Kothari 2021"/><br />
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His play ''Roundabout'' was staged in Gujarat and Karnataka. He directed [[Madhu Rye]]'s ''[[Koi Pan Ek Phool Nu Naam Bolo To|Tell Me The Name Of A Flower]]'' in 2018.<ref name="The Theatre Times 2022"/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
Acharya received the 2020 [[Yuva Puraskar]] for his short story collection ''Padchhayao Vacche''<ref name="Yuva Puraskar">{{cite web |title=Yuva Puraskar (2011-2020)|website=Sahitya Akademi|url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/yuva_samman_suchi.jsp|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> for which, he also received [[Gujarat Sahitya Akademi]]'s Best Book Prize (2020).<ref name="કચ્છમિત્ર સમાચાર 2022">{{cite news| title=કચ્છમિત્રમાં પ્રસિદ્ધ થયેલી નવલકથા 'સોન ટેકરી'ને અકાદમીનું ત્રીજું ઇનામ | newspaper=Kutchmitra | date=14 Feb 2022 | url=https://www.kutchmitradaily.com/news/342027 | access-date=14 Feb 2022}}</ref> He received the Sanhita Manch playwriting award for his [[Hindi]] play ''Bhes''. He was twice longlisted for TOTO Funds the Arts Award for his English writing.<ref name="Kothari 2021"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://outofprintmagazine.co.in/archive/september_2021-issue/abhimanyu-acharya_inertia.html Inertia], short story by Abhimanyu Acharya<br />
* [https://www.hakara.in/abhimanyu-acharya/ Boundaries], play by Abhimanyu Acharya<br />
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